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Plant Anethum graveolens (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Dill; Garden Dill
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 5800.0 6281.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 500.0 542.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 500.0 542.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PARAFFIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PENTADECANE 0 Root not available not available not available Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
PERSICARIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PERSICARIN 0 Shoot not available 580.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 816000.0 1.18 Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID-TRIGYLCERIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PHELLANDRENE 4 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 6700.0 7256.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 6700.0 7256.0 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 2102.0 3723.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 600.0 7625.0 1.94 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 2102.0 3723.0 -0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHYTOCHELATIN-A 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiuterocontractant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antivaricose 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 22 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiwrinkle 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 9 Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 3 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.